As the art circle of today ever changes with socio-economical changes, the importance and interest in cultural and artistic sectors ever increase. In recent ten years, Korea has achieved remarkable growth and development in the fields of politics, eco...
As the art circle of today ever changes with socio-economical changes, the importance and interest in cultural and artistic sectors ever increase. In recent ten years, Korea has achieved remarkable growth and development in the fields of politics, economy and society. As a result, the field of culture and art also has achieved some advancement, but comparing with other fields it is unsatisfactory. Social interests in dance, especially in dance management, increase domestically. In this vein, the recognition or demand of developing an educational program for the cultivation of dance managers comes to the fore and the recognition of art management is also socially highlighted.
The aim of this study was to examine the introduction status and trend of art management in the field of dance science which presently became an important issue in the field of culture and art, on the basis of master's theses on art management.
For this, the investigator examined literatures on art management and dance science focusing on domestic master's theses. Data were collected from the database (DB) of the National Assembly Electronic Library and the National Library of Korea in Seoul focusing on domestic master's theses on dance science published after 1958. Using 'dance' as a key word, the investigator examined 14 sub-fields of dance science (aesthetics, historical science, criticism, anthropology, dance notation, movement, education, treatment, psychology, sociology, functional science, choreography, philosophy, and art management). Collected data were classified eight spheres (the general perspective of art management, art marketing, art policy and administration, theatrical management, artistic agencies, manpower management, art management and information system, event/festival) on the basis of the subjects of art management course in the Korea Culture and Policy Development Institute. In addition, the investigator classified the data by the years of publishing in order to examine the trend of studies in the filed of art management. Thus, the investigator examined 2115 master's theses on the dance science, beginning with 「The History of Dance in Korea」(Yu In-hi, 1958), focusing on the above 14 sub-fields. The results show that studies on movement occupy the greatest portion and studies on art management have become activated since 2000.
The results of analyzing 252 studies on art management in the field of dance science show that the first study seemed to be "The Study on the Activity and Characteristic of Domestic Modern Dance Troupe: Focusing on Seoul, Busan, Daegu, and Gwangju" punlished in 1993 by the Graduate School of Chosun University and since 2001 this kind of study has been carried out in full-scale. In addition, most of studies dealt with marketing. Since 2006, studies on art management have been increased radically. As a lot of studies have been carried out for the period of five years from 2001, studies on the field of art management seem to put down roots as a field of science.
Although the investigator classified the dance science-related art management into such eight spheres as the general perspective of art management, art marketing, art policy and administration, art management and information system, theatrical management, artistic agencies, manpower management and event/festival based on the subjects of art management course (plan) in the Korea Culture and Policy Development Institute, this system was found to be unstable in the course of carrying out this study. Therefore, future studies on art management must give careful consideration to the study spheres and methods.
In addition, among above eight spheres, the present studies on the dance science-related art management seem to incline toward marketing. Therefore, in order to advance the dance science-related art management, these kinds of studies must evenly deal with such spheres as 'the general perspective of art management' which comprises a systematic art education, 'art policy and administration' for the activation of art performance, 'art management and information system' for the establishment of art information system, 'theatrical management' for the performance-centered active operation of theaters, 'survey of artistic agencies and organizations' to work out an operational strategy of them, 'manpower management' which is the study on artists-related human resources, and 'event/festival' which is related for the popularization of performance.
In this study, the investigator examined the trend of art management in the field of dance science. The investigator hopes future studies deal with a variety of spheres on the basis of this study.